Spring attachment for suspenders



No. 6|l,262. Patented se 't. 27,- 1398. c. E. LIGHTNER.

SPRING ATTACHMENT FOR SUSPENDEBS.

(Application Med Dec. 1'1, 1896.)

(No Model.)

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SPRING ATTACHMENT FOR SUSPENDERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 611,262, dated September 2'7, 1898.

Application filed December 11, 1896- Serlal No. 615,424. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. LIGHTNER, a citizen of the United States, residing at San Antonio, in the county of Bexar and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Springs which Apply to Apron-Overalls and I do hereby declare that the following isafull,clcar, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to use the same.

My invention has relation to improvements in spring attachments for overall-suspenders; and it consists in the novel construction of device to be more fully set forth in the specification and pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of the casing containing the spring, showing the suspender attached. Fig. 2 is a plan of the original plate from which the casing is formed, and Fig. 3 is an elevation of the spring. v

The object of my invention is to construct a yielding spring connection between the shoulder-braces of suspenders and the securing-straps thereof by which, any undue tension on the braces and buttons to which the straps are secured may be removed when the individual stoops or assumes any other than an upright position.

In detail the device may be described as follows:

Referring to the drawings, an original 0blong plate, such as shown in Fig. 2, is bent into the form of a cylindrical casing, the lower portion of which is subsequently flattened below a point (1 (see Fig. 1) and a loop 0 cut therefrom for the passage of the securingstraps. Into the tubular space of the casing formed above the point 01 I insert a coiled spring formed by winding the coil about a central stem Z and terminating at its upper latter in place.

end in a loop X. Originally the plate of which the casing is formed is provided with a notched lobe a, which, after the spring is inserted into the casing, is bent to close over the open end of the casing thus formed, the notch of the lobe permitting the free passage therethrough of the stem Z. The edges of the tube thus formed are crimped about the edges of the lobe, thus securely fastening the During the stooping operation the spring will yield suificiently to permit the stem thereof to be drawn through the notch of the lobed end of the casing, this op eration compressing the spring, thus yielding to the increased tension, and when thewearer assumes an upright position the resiliency of the spring will cause the latter to expand to its normal position, drawing the loop X after it and to the neck g of the loop, as seen in Fig. 1.

:are flattened or compressed below a certain point of the length thereof, a loop cut or formed, in said flattened portion, a notched lobe adapted to be bent into a position to close the opposite open end of the casing, a

spring having a central stem and an outer 

